Saleh: Yemen able to overcome all challenges

SANA'A, March 27 (Saba) - President Ali
Abdullah Saleh has said that Yemen is able to overcome all challenges.
In an interview with London-based al-Hayat Newspaper, Saleh said that the
separatist culture is limited, isolated and discarded and can't succeed.
In general, the separatist state no longer exists and the south state project is
unsuccessful.
The people in the south are pro-unity and their culture is pro-unity as well,
Saleh said, as he pointed to massive development in the south and north that has
been established
after the unity.
'The government has made and will continue to do more to create jobs for the people
and secure better life for them.' The president voiced his confidence in Yemen's
ability
to overcome its problems, saying we faced al-Qaeda, the Houthi group, separatists
and a fourth huge challenge which is developmental and economic boost.
After we beat terrorists, the rebels and separatists, our concern remains about
boosting the national economy, he said.
He touched upon terrorism in Yemen, saying that what has been written and said
about al-Qaeda in the country is exaggerated. The organization is now defeated amid
Yemeni-foreign
coordination and cooperation against its operatives.' Moreover, President Saleh
affirmed that Yemen-Saudi Arabia ties are in their golden time, after the two
countries signed
the Jeddah treaty.
The president also highlighted the situation in Palestine, expressing hope that the
Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, settlement expansion and
blockades
end soon.
Israel is taking advantage of the Palestinian rift, he said, urging the Palestinian
factions to reconcile and stand together for dangers surrounding them.
FR